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30 November 2020
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COVID-19 Threatens to Exacerbate Inequalities Faced by Many Living with HIV
On World AIDS Day, as we unite in support of people living with and affected by HIV, let us remember all those who have lost their lives to AIDS, and those who mourn them. As…
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29 November 2020
Press Release
Ministry of Health at Federal Government and Kurdistan Region, UNFPA launch helpline for adolescents and young people
29 November 2020, Baghdad Iraq - The Ministries of Health at the Federal and Kurdistan Region levels, launched, with the support of UNFPA and funding from Sweden, a helpline for…
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26 November 2020
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UN75: Online training on media reporting amid COVID-19
The United Nations in Iraq organised on 19 November 2020 a one-day online media training workshop for 40 journalists from across the country to inform about the UN and the…
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25 November 2020
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COVID-19 exacerbating gender-based violence in Iraq
This year, the world marks the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), which starts on November 25, in unprecedented circumstances. The COVID-19 pandemic required…
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25 November 2020
Statement
Stand up and say ‘enough’ to violence
Enough! That’s what we say, today and every day, to all forms of violence against women and girls. Enough to domestic violence. Enough to rape. Enough to harmful practices like…
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22 November 2020
Press Release
Ministry of Health, UNFPA launch the National Family Planning Strategy
22 November 2020; Baghdad, Iraq - The Minister of Health, Dr Hasan Al-Tamimi, launched today the National Family Planning Strategy (2021-2025), developed with the support…
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18 November 2020
Press Release
UNFPA delivers the fourth shipment of personal protective equipment to the Ministry of Health in the Kurdistan Region
18 November 2020; Kurdistan Region of Iraq - During disease outbreaks, women face a variety of risks, yet they are too often absent in the design of pandemic responses. This has…
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15 November 2020
Press Release
Using technology to overcome the challenges caused by covid-19: UNFPA conducts its first donor virtual visit
UNFPA conducts its first donor virtual visit
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12 November 2020
Press Release
Despite global COVID-19 crisis, governments uphold support for women’s and girls’ health and rights, one year after historic Summit
New York, 12 November 2020 -- As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a heavy toll on the health and economies of countries around the world, governments, non-governmental…
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